Assam NRC row: BJP members picking up the anti-migrant cry is a needless and dangerous trend
Date : Friday, 3 August 2018
Author : Bikram Vohra
Keywords : Assam, Assam NRC
Language : English
Entry Type : News
Source : https://www.firstpost.com/india/assam-nrc-row-bjp-members-picking-up-the-anti-migrant-cry-is-a-needless-and-dangerous-trend-4888511.html
Publication Date : Friday, 3 August 2018
Content :
Telengana BJP MLA T Raja Singh Lodh has found a panacea for the illegal aliens in Assam problem. He has sagely advised that all of those who came from Bangladesh should either go back or be shot. Then they can be interred in a mass grave, the mound covered with fresh mud and that is that. Job done.
Representational image. Reuters
He is echoed by Kerala BJP member K Surendran following the alleged murder of a young student by a Bengali migrant worker who may or may not have crossed the border, we do not know. This MLA wants the vast majority of the three million migrant workers to be deported to Bangladesh and warns of a violent future in Kerala. He is peeved that some have ration cards and actual jobs.
When the representatives of the government in power makes such statements of intent (no point qualifying them with any adjective because the absurdity speaks for itself), it is incumbent upon the leaders of that party to take cognizance. And initiate suitable action to shut them up. When they fail to do that, they are actually endorsing the options that are being expressed. Let’s just have a special holiday and go on a murderous spree, don’t even have to spare the deputy. Next week or next month, let’s declare anti-immigrant day and go for them.
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